BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arc
Suppression Technologies, Inc., a Minneapolis-based technology
startup, announced today that it has introduced a complete line of
patented NOsparc® arc suppressors that could dramatically increase the
life of electromechanical relays used in thousands of applications,
including industrial motors, data centers, and commercial heating and
cooling equipment. Arc Suppression’s novel, patented technology
eliminates 99% of the electrical arcing that occurs whenever an
electromechanical relay (EMR) opens or closes, which in many
applications happens thousands of times each day. Over time, each
electrical arc degrades the contact surface of the relay, ultimately
causing it to fail. By eliminating this arcing, NOsparc suppressors can
extend the lifetime of an EMR by up to 100 times and greatly reduce
maintenance and downtime costs for industrial and commercial facilities.

In applications where heat-generating Solid State Relays (SSRs) are
used, NOsparc suppressors can be paired with an appropriate relay to
replace the SSR, thereby reducing the weight and thermal load of the
system. Common users of SSRs are large data centers, which house
thousands of servers and electrical switches that generate enormous
amounts of heat. To mitigate this heat and protect the reliability of
their servers, data centers in turn require expensive cooling systems.
NOsparc systems can reduce generated heat, dramatically increase the
life of relays, and raise the power usage effectiveness (PUE) of the
entire data center.

“Relays are the pacemakers of our modern industrial world,” says
Reinhold Henke, founder and CTO of Arc Suppression Technologies.
“Wherever there is electricity, there are relays – many billions of them
switching on and off each and every second around the world. For
decades, entire industries have been forced to accept the
self-destructive nature of EMRs as a cost of doing business, but our
company has now provided them with a simple and highly cost effective
solution. We believe that NOsparc systems will one day be as ubiquitous
as relays themselves, and will greatly improve the reliability of our
modern-day economy of just-in-time ordering, supplying, manufacturing
and delivery.”

When a high-voltage electromechanical relay or switch is opened or
closed, an electrical arc is generated between the metal-based contacts.
This arcing generates heat, degrades the contact surfaces, causes
electromagnetic interference, and emits ozone and nitrous oxide
pollutants. NOsparc suppressors virtually eliminate these problems and
greatly extend the life of the relay.

Arc Suppression Technologies makes UL registered arc suppressors for 120
VAC, 240 VAC and 480 VAC that adapt easily to any relay and require no
neutral connection or external power. In addition, the company makes the
MHXDC family of arc suppressors for direct current (DC) systems of 12V,
24V, 36V and 48V.

About Arc Suppression Technologies, Inc.Arc Suppression
Technologies is a Minnesota-based company dedicated to fundamentally
improving the efficiency, lifetime cost and sustainability of electrical
power switching through the development of NOsparc® arc
suppression devices for both AC and DC applications. To learn more about
NOsparc products, please visit www.arcsuppressiontechnologies.com